I've been reading Lovecraft for 40 years. This is the greatest adaptation I have ever seen of his work. I hope you make more. I would love to see any other Lovecraft adaptation. Thank you!!
I made this video kind of as a proof of concept to see how well this would work! The feedback has been phenomenal. I've been on other projects for the past year, but I am going to try to get the ball rolling on this channel again! Expect some videos soon, and if you have any ideas for public domain works, whether they be Lovecraft or anyone else, let me know, and I'll see what I can do! Thank you so much for all the support!
Of course! Thank you too! Let me know what other stories by Lovecraft, or other public domain authors you would like to hear! Thank you for the support!
I would love to find a city like this in the dessert, and should I find something similar to this tale. I would play the role of a story teller to keep the wonder lust alive for future explorers and the legend going
It's pretty fascinating how AI produces these images. Sometimes there's a bunch of legs or wings floating in the air unattached to a body, or a Parthenon-style temple with 2 columns on one side of the entrance and 3 on the other, or something along the same lines, or heads missing from bodies. It's quite Lovecraftian in itself to think that it can look so realistic and convincing, but be missing the most basic logic present in the natural world and understood by a human being.
Pictures are nice but don't fit because as the narrator says many times, he has trouble moving in the cramped temple and is either crawling or moving around not quite standing but sort of on his knees
@CWHolleman I did! But I plan on doing a lot more work on the videos outside of just ai images soon. Hopefully the quality of the video, and of the narrator will improve a lot soon I don't think AI art is anything close to human art. Nothing to hold a candle to it. But AI art is incredibly fast and easy to make, and you can make it for things that no fan art exists for, or that less of it exists for than most stories. So, for someone like me who isn't an artist, ai is a great way for me to put my imagination on paper when I ask for specific scenes
Absolutely mesmerizing! This visual journey through H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Nameless City' is a masterpiece of storytelling and imagery. The haunting landscapes and eerie atmospheres are brought to life so vividly, making me feel as if I'm right there, exploring the depths of the ancient city.
Interesting plan. 1) Take written works, input their text into AI image generator. 2) Stitch random images together in Windows Movie Maker while playing a snippet of an audio book. Profit.
I am disgustingly pessimistic, yet the first thing i saw in this was a immense potential for a reincarnation of an old medium of storytelling, now hugely facilitated by a technology that can create more illustrations than some random Lovecraft fan can reasonably draw up both in regards to time and talent. Yes it's pretty low brow when you consider how it is technically conceived, but i can't help but admire the mediums potential, in spite of my adoration of hand drawn ,cell animation
I think The Nameless City and its people had something to do with Hastur which is like Cthulhu's larger half brother. He's and his followers are a bit of conflict in the mythos since he is a Great Old One... but is rarely found on Earth with the other Great Old Ones which SHOULD make him an Outer God which is a step just above Great Old Ones like Cthulhu but he's not for some reason? That is what we get though when the Mythos is spread out across decades and several artists all inspired and building upon one another's work... which is kind of awesome since it's supposed to be secret and lost history of Earth so who cares if there is conflicting info in one story from another... it's a fictional story of humans recounting fragmented ruins of precursor species long dead before modern human civilisation.
Interesting thay Cthulhu isn't mentioned. But a lot of the references in this tie into the rest of the cuthulu lore. This was technically the first story of that universe. It set the tone, and atmosphere for what was to come to an extent
So was the narrator on the other side of the abyss when the brass door shut or was he inside with those creatures when the door shut? The wording was too vague for me.
Many of these AI generated paintings are more unique and interesting than anything you'll see in almost any art museum, especially compared against soulless modern art, at this point AI is already superior to any artist to ever live. 13:0613:2514:09 these all take a painting and turn it into three of the most amazing pictures ever, 13:06 especially, all found in a random youtube video. The Mona Lisa should be spat upon, thrown out and burned and replaced with 13:06
Wow, I honestly didn't expect to see anyone that passionately positive about the AI art, but I'm glad you like it! I have been spending some time on making the ai images more consistent, and natural looking, but maybe that isn't necessarily the way to go. From the feedback in the comments, I think I may make some stories more abstract, and some more normal Thank you for the great feedback though!
I've been reading Lovecraft for 40 years. This is the greatest adaptation I have ever seen of his work. I hope you make more. I would love to see any other Lovecraft adaptation. Thank you!!
Yes, do them all as I’m sure you plan to!
I made this video kind of as a proof of concept to see how well this would work! The feedback has been phenomenal. I've been on other projects for the past year, but I am going to try to get the ball rolling on this channel again! Expect some videos soon, and if you have any ideas for public domain works, whether they be Lovecraft or anyone else, let me know, and I'll see what I can do! Thank you so much for all the support!
These illustrations create a terrific mood and are far more flamboyant than my own imaginings! They’ve made me see this story in a brand new way.
The nameless city wasn't always soulless. One day AI will think the same of us.
Thank AI
@@JeremiahWdabullfrog Indeed.
I love Lovecraft, I am 74 and I ❤ your reading. Thank you!
Of course! Thank you too! Let me know what other stories by Lovecraft, or other public domain authors you would like to hear!
Thank you for the support!
This narrator is absolutely wonderful 🙌🙌💥💥👊👊
Sounds like Sean Bean AI lol.
Sean Bean?
A narrator so wonderful I feel like it's immoral for me to use his voice again😂
Fantastic und great illustrations. I love it. Thousand thanks for this wonderful illuminated story of Lovecraft.😻
I would love to find a city like this in the dessert, and should I find something similar to this tale. I would play the role of a story teller to keep the wonder lust alive for future explorers and the legend going
Superb images. Please let's have more such enthralling stories! 👏👏😊😊
Your narrator has a masterful voice.
It's a non-human
@@Kane.JimLahey. AI that is amazing the voice just flowed unlike the AI they use on the cosmic body horror page you can tell the reader is a machine
@@jamescampbell39 Times are changing. Spooky!
As a voice actor AI makes me very sad.
@@JohnDWJ As an illustrator and animator, it makes me sad too.
i read this yesterday and found this video today. spooky!
You know.... I've had a lot of spooky coincidences making this video
@@NarrativeAestheticsImagery could you share some?
Good Narration, Visuals,also love the Musik/Art @ End....
Thanks!!
It's pretty fascinating how AI produces these images. Sometimes there's a bunch of legs or wings floating in the air unattached to a body, or a Parthenon-style temple with 2 columns on one side of the entrance and 3 on the other, or something along the same lines, or heads missing from bodies. It's quite Lovecraftian in itself to think that it can look so realistic and convincing, but be missing the most basic logic present in the natural world and understood by a human being.
That is a cool idea
When you stare at the void the void stares back
Just got back from wadi rum and Petra, this is great work sir. Great reading too
That's awesome! Never made it there myself but it's on the bucketlist!
@ it’s mind blowing make sure you climb the 1000 steps to the last temple at the top it’s staggering very lovecraftian
Great depiction of lovecraft
Thank you!
Ned Stark was a well-known fan of Lovecraft's works.
Wow, this is actually pretty cool
Haha! Thanks! It took me a while to put together
This story always reminds me of Minas Morgul. The fact that it used to be Minas Ithil, tower of the moon, is part of it.
What stories would you like to see in the future?
@@NarrativeAestheticsImagery Anything from H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Alan Poe or even Robert E. Howard
@@hemidasI'll see what I can do!
Pictures are nice but don't fit because as the narrator says many times, he has trouble moving in the cramped temple and is either crawling or moving around not quite standing but sort of on his knees
That’s true. I usually just prefer the narration, audio visualizer, ambience and one fitting picture.
This guy just typed stuff into an AI image generator.
I'll try to make it a little bit better next time, this was kind of just a quick proof of concept
@CWHolleman I did! But I plan on doing a lot more work on the videos outside of just ai images soon. Hopefully the quality of the video, and of the narrator will improve a lot soon
I don't think AI art is anything close to human art. Nothing to hold a candle to it. But AI art is incredibly fast and easy to make, and you can make it for things that no fan art exists for, or that less of it exists for than most stories. So, for someone like me who isn't an artist, ai is a great way for me to put my imagination on paper when I ask for specific scenes
The illustrations give the story a visual feel which underscores the story’s greatness.
AI generated.
Absolutely mesmerizing! This visual journey through H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Nameless City' is a masterpiece of storytelling and imagery. The haunting landscapes and eerie atmospheres are brought to life so vividly, making me feel as if I'm right there, exploring the depths of the ancient city.
Very glad you liked it so much! Let me know if there's anything I can improve for the next video!
Totally agree. Breathtaking imagery and amazing voice delivery. Top notch. Would love to see more
@@billstar2 Leave suggestions of stories you'd like to see!
Anything Lovecraft kind of goes without saying. Maybe Dagon or Call of Cthulhu although that’s a long one. The thing at the door as well.
Interesting plan.
1) Take written works, input their text into AI image generator.
2) Stitch random images together in Windows Movie Maker while playing a snippet of an audio book.
Profit.
I am disgustingly pessimistic, yet the first thing i saw in this was a immense potential for a reincarnation of an old medium of storytelling, now hugely facilitated by a technology that can create more illustrations than some random Lovecraft fan can reasonably draw up both in regards to time and talent. Yes it's pretty low brow when you consider how it is technically conceived, but i can't help but admire the mediums potential, in spite of my adoration of hand drawn ,cell animation
Haha as if profit.... haven't made a penny yet... maybe someday but
@@mattrovis-hermann9194that is exact my vision for this project!
Sean Bean, is that *you* ?
That’s whose face I saw too!
@@wayofages184 The narrator..
Same! Even if it isn’t him, it’ll be him in my brain.
You can't prove anything 😶🌫️
Narrator sounds like Sean Bean. Excellent.
its ai dude
❤ purely a master piece
Tbh I thought Cthulhu was in this story. I was surprised.
I think The Nameless City and its people had something to do with Hastur which is like Cthulhu's larger half brother. He's and his followers are a bit of conflict in the mythos since he is a Great Old One... but is rarely found on Earth with the other Great Old Ones which SHOULD make him an Outer God which is a step just above Great Old Ones like Cthulhu but he's not for some reason? That is what we get though when the Mythos is spread out across decades and several artists all inspired and building upon one another's work... which is kind of awesome since it's supposed to be secret and lost history of Earth so who cares if there is conflicting info in one story from another... it's a fictional story of humans recounting fragmented ruins of precursor species long dead before modern human civilisation.
Interesting thay Cthulhu isn't mentioned. But a lot of the references in this tie into the rest of the cuthulu lore. This was technically the first story of that universe. It set the tone, and atmosphere for what was to come to an extent
@CartoonHero1986 good points!
Is this really Sean Bean narrating or is it AI? His pronunciation is spot on for certain words that AI would otherwise pronounce strangely.
This voice is AI...
I'm probably going to change it up next time though
Very nice! It looks very similar to my videos.
You both use AI?
So was the narrator on the other side of the abyss when the brass door shut or was he inside with those creatures when the door shut? The wording was too vague for me.
Complete
"and i was eaten" The ENd
That sounds like Sean Bean
What would ever make you think that 👀
Lakmé´s duet kinda seems out of context there at the end!
Yeah... when I put that in the video it was like 2:30am, and I'm pretty sure I let my mood with being done with the project effect me... 😂
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Llove the narration but loathe the ai art
It is crude, effective at points, but inarguably cost-effective and arguably emotionally effective
I've been thinking for a year on how to make it better. I've been coding a lot of ideas. I'm basically making my own new image ai at this point
Many of these AI generated paintings are more unique and interesting than anything you'll see in almost any art museum, especially compared against soulless modern art, at this point AI is already superior to any artist to ever live.
13:06 13:25 14:09
these all take a painting and turn it into three of the most amazing pictures ever, 13:06 especially, all found in a random youtube video. The Mona Lisa should be spat upon, thrown out and burned and replaced with 13:06
Wow, I honestly didn't expect to see anyone that passionately positive about the AI art, but I'm glad you like it!
I have been spending some time on making the ai images more consistent, and natural looking, but maybe that isn't necessarily the way to go.
From the feedback in the comments, I think I may make some stories more abstract, and some more normal
Thank you for the great feedback though!